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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neurobiology

Background:

  • Creative thinking is a complex cognitive process essential for adaptation and survival.
  • Neurobiological underpinnings of creativity are challenging to study due to ill-defined constructs and biased measures.
  • The default mode network (DMN) is implicated in internally focused cognitive operations during 'quiet wakefulness'.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the conceptual, investigational, and neurobiological aspects of creative cognition.
  • To explore the role of the default mode network (DMN) in creativity.
  • To discuss the neurosurgical implications of DMN involvement in epilepsy.

Main Methods:

  • Narrative review of existing literature.
  • Conceptual analysis of creative cognition.
  • Discussion of neurobiological networks, including the DMN, central executive network, and affective salience network.

Main Results:

  • Creativity involves dynamic interplay between the DMN, central executive network, and affective salience network.
  • The DMN's activation during 'quiet wakefulness' facilitates internally focused thought processes crucial for creativity.
  • Seizures originating from DMN-related areas present a potential overlap with eloquent cortex.

Conclusions:

  • Creative thinking is a product of coordinated network activity, particularly involving the DMN.
  • The neurobiological basis of creativity is complex and requires further elucidation.
  • The potential classification of DMN-related seizure foci as eloquent cortex has significant implications for epilepsy surgery planning.